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Children's House

Our Children's House is organised into 5 specific areas, identified by Montessori and underpin the in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). These are:

• Practical Life: gaining independence in daily activities, instilling care for self, others and the environment. It also develops muscular control and concentration, which are the foundation for all other areas of learning.
• Sensorial: refining and ordering the senses and clarifying impressions through a range of sensory experiences using a variety of equipment.
• Language: introducing children to the phonetic alphabet, beginning with sandpaper letters enabling children to link sounds to letters and move on to build words. Children will have access to a wide range of texts and mark making.
• Mathematic: introducing children to numbers and shapes in their concrete form, allowing them opportunities to investigate and reason, eventually in more abstract forms. This work gives a solid understanding to develop problem solving capabilities.
• Cultural: using a cross-curricular themed approach to begin learning about:
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • History
  • Art
  • Foot Technology
  • Music and Movement